Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Question:

The substrates required for the preparation of the following alcohol are

Options:

Correct Answer:

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → 

Correct answer:  CH₃–CH₂–CH₂MgBr and acetophenone (C₆H₅–CO–CH₃)

Reason:
The given product is a tertiary alcohol with three groups attached to the carbon bearing –OH:

  • Phenyl group (C₆H₅–)

  • Methyl group (–CH₃)

  • n-Propyl group (–CH₂CH₂CH₃)

In Grignard reactions, a tertiary alcohol is obtained by adding an alkyl Grignard reagent to a ketone.

Here:

  • Acetophenone (C₆H₅–CO–CH₃) already provides the phenyl and methyl groups

  • Addition of n-propyl magnesium bromide (CH₃–CH₂–CH₂MgBr) introduces the propyl group

After hydrolysis, the required alcohol is formed.